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Exclusive-Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was 'never a promise'

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The world's largest meatpacker, JBS , became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040 .

CEO: "It was never a promise that JBS was going to make this happen" The difficulty of reducing environmental damage related to JBS and other agriculture companies could undermine President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva .

Last April , the Batista brothers rejoined JBS 's board following a shareholder vote.

They admitted bribing approximately 2,000 Brazilian regulators, government officials and politicians, including a former president, over a span of 10 years .

A court banned brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista from holding management positions.

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